Final Fantasy Party Vows Youthful Dynasty
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Apr 12, 2010 08:59 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, DPJ, Final Fantasy, LDP, Marketing, Old People, Parody, Politics
Japan’s newly formed “Tachiagare Nippon” party, formed from elderly LDP mavericks, has earned additional derision by proclaiming it is Japan’s “final fantasy” and will save Japan in a manner reminiscent of the games, although with the average age of the party a spritely 69.6, they do not compare altogether favourably to the average Final Fantasy party.
The party, whose name means “Stand up Japan!”, was recently formed by half a dozen conservative LDP associated politicians, the most famous of which is Tokyo’s maverick governor Ishihara.
The party’s founder Takeo Hiranuma is best known overseas for saying the Nanking massacre was purely Chinese propaganda, giving some indication as to his political leanings.
Curiously, in English the party is calling itself the “Sunrise Part of Japan,” presumably without irony, and evidently not having the guts to use a radiant sun disc as their emblem.
Their policies (not that they have gone into any great detail) are as fresh as their members – they promise to pursue “an independent constitution” (probable shorthand for removing limits on military activity), “economic growth and financial reform” and the usual LDP preoccupation with promoting or impairing postal system privatisation (their members come from both sides and it is not clear just what they support).
They also promise to smash the DPJ, although so far it seems the DPJ is quite capable of accomplishing this by themselves, their approval ratings having plummeted to LDP-like levels.
Aside from a successfully engineered media splash, their arrival has been greeted with much scepticism – with a handful of intensely conservative geriatrics as their core membership, few believe they are capable of breaking the political malaise rotting Japan’s body politic to the bone.
Their bombastic choice of name has already become the subject of much raillery – “Tachiagare Nippon” is terribly close to “Tachiyagare Nippon” (“Get the hell on with it Japan!”) and the even better “Tachigare Nippon” (“Withered Japan”).
The Final Fantasy image reproduced above even manages to replace the “jii” of the Japanese pronunciation with “jii” meaning “old man”…
Hearing these relics spout nonsense about being the youthful “final fantasy” of Japan seems only to have added to the ridicule.
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I saw the top pic and thought, "What, is Final Fantasy MCMLXXXVIII out already?!"
Refus? Rufus? Doofus? I'm confuse.
"The party’s founder Takeo Hiranuma is best known overseas for saying the Nanking massacre was purely Chinese propaganda, giving some indication as to his political leanings."
What.
The political instability is too strong in Japan. At the end of all countries in Asia from Syria to Russia, Japan will be the next country to collapse politically.
Get ready for a million of Japanese refugees, Canada.
Well, it surely sums up the Square\Enix game developing politics as well. Their aging ideas of a good game are, indeed, are becoming a joke.
Lets start the party Hakureism!
So many mavericks. Holy crap! Rawr McCain! See what you started xD Mega Man X for office!
Re-elect Nazis in Japan
There is only one salvation for Nihon, the Bancho!
All hail Nippon Bancho!
just as long as they don't destroy the thing that makes me want to be born japanese i'm good with any party that gains control of japan ~.~. After all, i don't live there ~.~.
I'm not entirely sure what this new party stands for exactly, but maybe they should sit down before they fall down.
Fanta minister.:P
Hiranuma and Ishihara, probably two of the most racist farts to have spawned from the LDP since the War. Not surprised they have decided to start a new family together. Just hope they stock enough Phoenix Downs in the event of fatal electoral campaigns in the future. lol
Though Ishihara's clout seemed to have withered a lot lately after his campaign to have Tokyo host the 2016 Olympics failed in spectacular fashion.
Of course, things will be different if they decide to cosplay as Sephiroth and Cloud during their election campaign, they might even get FF fangirls of Korean-descent, whom they often bash, to actually vote for them just for their BL appeal.
ALL HAIL VIVI
"Nanking massacre was purely Chinese propaganda"
I suppose that whole siding with hitler thing never happened either? I fucking raged hard.
it isnt but fucken chinese political party is over abusing the incident to get free shit and handouts from the japanese
Much like the holocaust. Do you think Israel would exist if not for it?
Otakus and wingnuts. Did 2ch launch into politics?
Doubtful
Just some old farts looking for good inspiration
and methinks they found it.
They already did- Taro Aso and all his love of manga couldn't save the LDP.
What do they have to say about the whole loli thing?
I wonder why they didn't bother changing Hope's face in the picture? Maybe they ran outta members?
clearly they have an effeminate wimpy member somewhere who is hiding like a spoony bard from the media.
Damn spoony bards...
2 horribly bad parties to choose from, just like in their great mentor USA.
something even stupider then American politics.
The old style nationalism isn't going to help anything. The best the LDP can run on to beat the DPJ is their old successes and the DPJ's failures. Run on your glory days of accomplishments. Like How Obama kept talking about Bill Clinton while being far closer to Bush.
odd that a bunch of right wingers of Japan would refer to themselves in such a way. I guess they need all that young blood to help their old shriveled up asses anyways.
well let's just see what they do when it comes to the DPJ.
espcially with the banning fiasco if this can just be stopped dead in it's tracks I'll be happy.
You know there were efforts to ban lolicon and other stuff when the LDP party was in power as well.
I'm not sure it matters much which party is in power, the anti-freedom special interest groups will just apply pressure to whatever party is in power (nationally or locally) to try to squash freedom.
See, this is why I don't get into politics. Lets complain about these guys, but who the hell IS supposed to be running the country?
Politicians with Balls?
Not sure if joyful
Withered ones it seems.
Don't worry! Japan's average life exppectancy is over 9000.
We can still hope for a Haggar, yeah?
Sephiroth for Prime minister.
Kefka is a far superior leader to sephiroth... Though I'd rather see Garland or Sin as ruler of japan
Emperor Mateus for the prime minister! "So you oppose me?.. ... .. [Starfall X]"
Sephiroth: Can I kill every persons gilrfriend? YES I CAN! I will make it my solemn duty to assure that no man will be married for years to come. You will all be virgins under my rule, and that my friends is what we call perfection.
No wonder Sephiroth disappeared eventually. Not much to do in Japan.
Sephiroth: That includes 2d waifus as well, now they're all fucked.
Sephiroth, the ultimate cockblocker.
Don't you mean Refus?
Who the crap is Refus? I only know a certain RUFUS Shinra.
meh stupid japs, stead of imitating rest of the world and electing old farts HOW ABOUT MAKING A PARTY OUT HOT CHICKS ONLY??
Have my vote!
And my axe!
And my bow.
How about a banhammer?
Why vote for the LESSER of two evils when you can vote for the greater :P
simple - by voting for the greater of two evils,.... you will get screwed over that much faster.
If you don't mind, I would like to avoid getting screwed by politicians, I'd much rather they continue screwing each other over first, which they seem to have a talent for doing every time they re-convene to take turns at screwing around and screwing each other in debates.
o.o*
Haven't you notice, old people in politics tend to live forever.
hurr durrr
@anon: Well, they're (mostly) pricks, so they do last forever.
Best article on sankaku in this year. I do apreciate the irony. Good to see not all in sankaku is islamic bashing.
no you should definitely vote for them. If they take power they will die quickly due to old age.
Chutulu for 2012
no thanks, i don't want him stab my gf with a sword.
in the first place you don't have a gf ??
and your mom is not include !!!
Sephiroth for every seat in the government, its feasible.
Kefka for world ruler! Ahem... Lets get out of this lame thing shall we? I say as long as they oppose equality now they are full of win. Stop equality now and let the game makers make what they want to make. Anyone who does this would get my vote! To bad i live in old crappy america instead of japan=/
Game makers only? If Equality Now gets what they want lolicons everywhere will lose their Kokonoe...
on that point,we disagree sir.